Critical Reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
| Rolling Stone | |
In his review for AllMusic, William Ruhlmann gave the album four and a half out of five stars, noting that Knopfler's "intricate, introspective finger-picked guitar stylings make a perfect musical complement to the wistful tone of Bill Forsyth's comedy film, Local Hero." Ruhlmann continued, "The low-key music picks up traces of Scottish music, but most of it just sounds like Dire Straits doing instrumentals, especially the recurring theme, one of Knopfler's more memorable melodies."
Rolling Stone magazine called Knopfler's film music début "an insinuating LP of charming, cosmopolitan soundtrack music—a record that can make movies in your mind."
For his Local Hero soundtrack, Knopfler received a BAFTA award nomination for Best Score for a Film.
As of 2012, the song "Going Home (Theme of the Local Hero)" is played at Newcastle United F.C. and Aberdeen F.C. home games as the football players run out onto the pitch.
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